Tag: Tech growth in Africa

  • African Startups To Look Out For In 2022

    African Startups To Look Out For In 2022

    In 2021, African tech startups surpassed their mark with collective funding worth over $2 billion. This year, the trend is not slowing down. With collective funding of over $200 million, according to Business Insider, in just the first month of 2021, these startups are making it very clear that they are not slowing down. Here…

  • UK To Support Female Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs

    UK To Support Female Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs

    The UK has pledged its support to 30 Nigerian female tech entrepreneurs with 12-week coaching sessions with industry experts through its Green Tech programme. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Press and Public Affairs Officer of the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, Ndidiamaka Eze, these coaching sessions would seek to boost the…

  • Nigerian Trans-Tech Company Plentywaka Gets Support From Techstars

    Nigerian Trans-Tech Company Plentywaka Gets Support From Techstars

    Plentywaka a trans-tech startup in Nigeria has announced they will join 9 other startups in the Techstars Toronto accelerator program, Class of 2021 a platform that would take the brand closer to its goal of global expansion after a successful year of moving over 300,000 riders in Nigeria. Launched in 2019 by Onyeka Akumah, Johnny Ena,…